Lesotho PM confirms plans to step down by July 31
Thabane, whose five-year term was due to run until 2022, said he felt ready to leave and was tying up loose ends to ensure his retirement was “as smooth as possible”.
His coalition government was dissolved this week, with parliament due to meet on May 22 to form a new government and name a new prime minister.
Thabane’s All Basotho Convention (ABC) has nominated Finance Minister Moeketsi Majoro as his successor.
Thabane must inform King Letsie III – the supreme traditional leader of the southern African kingdom – of his intention to step down.
“I will have to go and inform him that I am leaving,” Thabane said. “Normally he would say ‘fine’.”
The prime minister said he expected to submit the letter on Wednesday but did not give a precise date for stepping down.
